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10E CREAM FREBzBRi Patented 001:. 16,1894.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,483, dated October I6, 1894. Application filed December 27, 1893. Serial No. 494,852- (No model.)

y `To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Kind CHARLES ED- MUNDS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Calcutta, India, have invented a new and useful Improved Apparatus for Making Ices or for `Analogous Freezing or Cooling Operations,of which the following is a specification.

` `ter the said exit being furnished with a ratus in which a hollow drum containing the freezing or cooling agent is arranged to rotate l in a receptacle containing the liquid or matter to be frozen or coo1ed,such liquid when suficiently cooled being withdrawn, or when `frozen adhering to the drum and from which it can be removed, for use;u and it consists in certain novel features, as will presently appear.

Figure and a perspective view.

A is a casing, or box, having in its lower portion the semi-circular receptacle B,`and carrying bearings in which the axes c of the hollow drum C are mounted so that the said i drum can be rotated from outside the apparatus by means of the handle D and gear wheels e, f. At one end of the casing or box A is an opening g by which the liquid, or matter, to be frozen or cooled can be intro` duced, a hopper or chute, or pipe and funnel h being preferably provided for introduction into the said opening to receive the said liquid or matter and conduct it into the receptacle B. The said opening can be closed by a plug or stopper when the funnel is removed. At the other end of the casing A an opening 1l is provided for the exit of the frozen matguide or chute l, the said scraper lo and the frozen matter from scraper la removing the periphery of the drum C as it is rotated (in the direction of the arrow Fig. l) against the said scraper so that the frozen matter is `received. by the said guide or chute Z and conducted to any suitable receptacle.

l is a longitudinal section, and Figs.` `2 and 3 are respectively a transverse section Z2 is a flap which closes the opening 'i when the chute and `scraper are removed.

l k2 isa projection on the scraper k and u2" is a handle on a shaft carrying a projection `n3 with a spring tail n so that by moving the handle fn? the projection "n3 acts on the projection k2 to ,move the scraper closer to the drum the spring tail n returning the projection 'its to its original position when the handle n2 is released. a

m is one of two Scrapers hinged to the casingon each side of the drum C so that they by bearing on the sides of the drum remove any lnatter or liquid tending to freeze thereon. m2 are springs `in the upper part of the box `which bear on the Scrapers fm so as to allow them toyield if any hard frozen matter adheres which would be liable to injure the Scrapers;

l When liquid is to be cooled only it can be run olf by the outlet pipeand tap n. j 19 is an overtlowpipe and tap which will indicate when the receptacleB has been sufficiently charged. t

The drum C4 's provided with an opening by which the freezing or cooling mixture o1' agent is introduced and is provided with double side walls lled with non-conducting material such as asbestos, paper or sawdust so that the mixture to be frozen or cooled with not freeze upon suchside walls. The opening to the drum is shown inthe drawings as being made through one of the axes and capable of being closed by the plug or stopper mi i The apparatus may be provided with a i -hollow drum with double side walls and an bearing on said Scrapers as and for the purro opening forintrodueing the freezing` mixture pose set forth. thereinto `amd ,means for rotating lthe drum, 5i

and a receptacle for the matter or liquid to` KING CHARLES EDMUNDS' 5 be frozen and within which receptacle the Witnesses:

periphery of the drum rotates,the eombina- JOHN E. BOUSFIELD,

tion therewith of Scrapers m, hinged to the Of .the )firm of G. F. Redfern ctc Co., 4EA South inside of such receptacle, and the sprin'gs'mz, Street, Ftnsbury, Lond/m, Patent Agents. in the upper partof the box or casing and E. CHURCHEN. p 

